An investigation has been launched after Sakhalin border guards have detained a vessel carrying over seven metric tons of illegally caught live crab in Russia's Far Eastern economic zone, a spokesman for the local customs service said.
Yury Gurshal said Cambodian-flagged the Koska-8 fishing vessel with Russian crew and over seven tons of live crab was detained on May 29.
He said the captain did not have any documents permitting fishing and the vessel was escorted to the port of Nevelsk for investigation.
Russia banned exports of live crab in May 2007, but large volumes are still smuggled out of the country, primarily to Japan and South Korea.
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, May 31 (RIA Novosti)
